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Email Writing

As a part of the Pre-Placement Test, companies like TCS, Tech Mahindra, Capgemini, IBM, and several others ask the candidates to write a formal email within a certain time and word limit. This is in addition to the aptitude test. The email writing assesses the candidates on their comprehension skills as well as their ability to make a formal conversation. Following is a list of points you should keep in mind while preparing for this question type:

Sample Email:

You are a team leader at IBM and you have to write an email to your team members informing about the monthly meeting to be held next week where they have to present the work done in the last month. Draft an email with a minimum of 70 words. Please use the specified words and correct English (spelling and grammar).

I'm writing to invite you all for our monthly meeting scheduled on dd/mm/yyyy. We shall all present our work progress report and issues faced during the last month. I would also like to invite in suggestions to counter the problems being faced. Kindly, email me an excel sheet briefing the work done at least 2 days prior to the meeting.

The meeting will be at 6:00PM on dd/mm/yyyy in the cafeteria of Building 1. I hope to see you all there.

Best,

Name XYZ,Team IBM

Sample Questions:

Draft an email with a minimum of 70 words, with the outline given. Please use the specified words and correct English (spelling and grammar).

You are a team leader in a company and you have to write an email to one of your team member appreciating his/her work.

Your project manager wants you to travel to USA to meet clients and gather requirement. Using the following phrases, write an email with a minimum of 70 words and a maximum of 150 words to the travel department requesting them to book flight tickets.

As your company is doing good business and expanding, your company is relocating its office to a new address. Using the following phrases, write an email with a minimum of 70 words and a maximum of 100 words to your customer informing the change in address.